Columbia City Ballet Presents OFF THE WALL, 9/30 - 10/2

Columbia City Ballet presents Off the Wall and Onto the Stage, September 30 - October 2, 2011.

The paintings of Jonathan Green, which take as their subjects the people, the daily life and the landscape of South Carolina's southeast coast, speak a universal language of hope and love, work and play, youth and old age, family and faith - a language spoken in brilliantly colorful images full of motion and mood.

It is art rooted in the Gullah heritage, a heritage wrapped in themes of family and community, personal identity and expression, race and culture - a particularly southern imagery that explores life and color in a way that the South, with its often turbulent history of immigration, slavery, war, prejudice and acceptance, understands with a real intimacy.

William Starrett's Off the Wall & Onto the Stage translates these extraordinary images to the contemporary stage in a visionary return to classical ballet's blending of dance, music and fine art. Comprised of a series of vignettes drawn directly from 22 of Jonathan's energetic paintings, William's production explores the dynamics and inner meanings of the paintings. The costumes, the landscapes and the people in Jonathan's works literally come to life in dance set to music rooted in the history of the region, including gospel, jazz, folk songs and hymns. This unique commingling of the arts is an exhilarating testament to the lively, multi-cultural reality of the South, and one with real significance for America and the world.

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